Jiaohua

Chapter 975 Hengba Township (Part [-])
Thirty miles, for the cavalry, is only half a day's work.

But Xia Zhaoyi didn't go to Xucheng right away, she wanted to go to the nearby villages first.

Su Yumei wanted to see it too, so Xia Zhaoyi went with her, brought along Zhan Ning, and the three left the team.

Compared with the cool wind and warmth of the spring, the villages and villages around Xucheng are gloomy.

They walked for an hour, and no one warmly entertained them until they arrived at Nanchang Village.

There were many people sitting in the yard, basking in the sun and gossiping about their daily life. They were warmly welcomed in.

The hospitable host brought a large bowl of tea, and the fresh and tender tea leaves floated on the water were freshly roasted for a few days.

Su Yumei took the bowl and said in amazement: "Aunt Huang is so proud, if this tea is packaged carefully and sold in a commercial store, it will cost five renminbi at least."

Aunt Huang smiled: "You are visitors from afar, of course you are easy to entertain, and then look at this girl, her temperament is refined, she is not an ordinary person at first glance. Be kind and seek luck!"

Su Yumei looked at Xia Zhaoyi as she pointed, and said with a smile, "Madam Huang has good eyesight."

All the people in the courtyard had been silently sizing up the girl.

The young girl was born delicate and beautiful, her skin was as white as fat, and she was as quiet as spring flowers shining in the water, especially the way she drank tea with her eyebrows down, peaceful and serene, as if she came out of the painting.

Because of Aunt Huang's words, everyone laughed, and they all said that only a scholarly family could raise such a girl.

Xia Zhaoyi smiled lightly, but did not answer.

Su Yumei began to inquire about the topic that everyone was discussing when they first arrived.

Among the women, the aunt who loved to talk about right and wrong, immediately told them what happened that Miss Nie passed out.

Su Yumei was curious: "The princess in the palace is in Xucheng?"

"It's been a while," said the aunt, "to collect our farms and properties. She wants to take whatever she likes."

"But she likes everything. She wants every farmer's property." Another woman added in a low voice.

There are too many, they can't say it, they can only say "facts" and can't make comments.

Su Yumei understood and nodded.

But once the aunt started, the others couldn't stop.Especially after Mrs. Huang came back and sat down, she couldn't help talking about the mulberry farmers in Liujia Village.

In addition to the sang farmers in Liujia Village, there is also the old sugar cane from Shiqiao Daopo, who took away all the sugar cane in the village at a very low price.

As well as those honey spots, the princess will also accept them all.

The princess said that the wild honey from many caves in the mountains belonged to the imperial court and should not be harvested privately.And began to pursue the farmers who used to collect wild honey, and fined them ten times.

As he talked, he said that before coming to Mingtai County, the princess had been eating at merchants in Hejing, from Hejing all the way to Xizhou Prefecture, and only came to Xucheng, Mingtai County a few days ago.

The village women, who usually speak loudly, are careful when they say these things.One person slipped her tongue and almost said the word "forcibly occupying", which made her heart beat wildly in fright, and her face turned pale.

Su Yumei couldn't bear it any longer, she gritted her teeth and said, "This is stealing, forcibly occupying the properties of farmers and merchants."

These words were like thunder on the ground, and the women hurriedly said: "Hush!"

"Girl, it's not good to say this to the outside world!"

"Something will happen!"

"We will suffer!"

"I won't say anything," Su Yumei hurriedly said when she saw that they were terrified, "I won't say anything."

Withdrawing her gaze, she looked at Xia Zhaoyi.

The girl listened quietly the whole time, without saying a word.

When Su Yumei looked over, she smiled faintly, her eyes were as bright as the moon.

"Well, don't tell me," Aunt Huang said, "Drink tea, I'll change the heat for you."

The reason why he is willing to treat guests with such good tea is more or less related to whether the tea will be his own tomorrow.

Maybe, tomorrow they will "grab" their Nanchang Village.

Yang Fugui, Li Man and the others hadn't entered the city yet, and everyone was waiting in the tea shed on Shiqiao Daopo where the sugar cane had been taken away.

The farmers had just gone through the cold winter, and the cold winter came again. Carloads of sugar cane were taken to the Yixing workshop ten miles away, and many people sat on the side of the road and cried.

It's not easy for Yang Fugui and the others to go up and ask. They all speak with a foreign accent.

Waiting and waiting, several woodcutters drank tea and chatted next to each other.

No one paid attention at first, until a few of them quarreled.

"You fart, I saw with my own eyes that it was a man in his twenties, as good-looking as a fairy!"

"It's a girl, both of them are girls! What a beautiful girl!"

"You mean Nanchangzhuang, right?"

"That's right, Mrs. Huang brought tea to treat her, so I'll just pass by!"

"I'm also talking about Nan Changzhuang, that's a man, a man!!"

……

Several woodcutters were arguing red-faced.

Yang Fugui withdrew his gaze and said softly, "Are you talking about Miss Ali?"

"Second Miss is a woman." Xia Songyue said.

"Look at him," Chen Dingshan pointed to the woodcutter who insisted on seeing two men, "Our second young lady is like a flower, she was recognized as a man by him, and she is still fighting with others over there."

"Never mind," Xia Songyue said, "Let's drink tea."

The big and small fat in Chen Dingshan's arms suddenly poked out his dog's head at this moment.

All the men looked down.

The big and small fat and bright eyes looked around, and suddenly made a "woof" in one direction.

All the men looked in that direction, and there was only a row of old farmers pushing sugarcane past.

"This little guy, what are you shouting about?" Xia Songyue stretched out his big palm and stroked its head.

"Hey, it's that man," Chen Dingshan looked at the big man who had just squatted down on the other side of the sugar cane, "We met in the inn in Zhujiagou Village."

Dai Yucai knelt down to ask questions, suspecting that his ears had misheard.

While handing the handkerchief to the old farmer, he was surprised: "What? How much did you take away?"

The old farmer covered his face and cried, not wanting to talk anymore.

Dai Yu patted him on the shoulder, got up and went to inquire with other people.

Chen Dingshan lowered his head, looked at Xiao Dapang and also stared at the big man: "This son of a bitch, why is he so good?"

"Maybe it's to see other people cry," Li Man said in a deep voice, "Take four taels of silver and take away the goods that can be sold for ten taels of silver, and the rent cannot be paid."

The big man inquired all the way, and gradually walked away.

Xiao Dapang let out a grunt, and buried his little head back in Chen Dingshan's arms.

When it was almost the same time, the sky was setting like a fire, Xia Zhaoyi and Su Yumei returned to the stone bridge road slope with a lot of hot gold on the ground.

Su Yumei's eyes were red, as if she had just cried. When everyone set off for Xucheng, Su Heng quietly asked her sister what was wrong.

Su Yumei was too tired to say too much, she just said: "The poor people."

Hurrying before the city gate, everyone entered the city.

After entering Xucheng, Xia Zhaoyi did not go to Sixteen Daofang immediately, but went to the busiest Wanjin Long Street in Xucheng.

Everyone stopped in an alley, Li Man stepped forward and knocked on the back door of a mansion, the woman who came out to open the door looked at the girl who was holding the puppy, and asked a little nervously: "What's the girl's name? "

"Xia." Xia Zhaoyi smiled.

"Patriarch!" The woman was overjoyed and came out to welcome her, "You've come!"

(End of this chapter)